DG is a rebel teen about to break loose played by Creator/ZooeyDeschanel. The Scarecrow is a lobotomized ex-genius played by Creator/AlanCumming. The Tin Man himself is a disheartened ex-policeman played by Creator/NealMcDonough, and the Cowardly Lion is a psychic [[CatGirl Cat-Man]]. The flying monkeys are tattoos on the Wicked Witch's [[FanService cleavage]] that come to life, the Poppy Field is actually the hunting ground of fearsome plant-animal things, and Auntie Em and Uncle Henry are not quite normal {{Muggles}}. Finally, the Wicked Witch is Azkadellia, a powerful and dangerous tyrant and witch.

As for the rest, Toto is a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent were-terrier]] who tutored DG and her sister in magic. The Wizard is split across two characters, one of whom is DG's real father, and the other of whom is a showman/oracle addicted to happiness-inducing vapors. And that's not even all of the surprises!

It was followed by two {{Spiritual Successor}}s, ''Series/{{Alice|2009}}'' in 2009 and ''Series/{{Neverland}}'' in 2011.

The series now has a [[ShoutOut/TinMan Shout Out page]].----!!This series provides examples of:

* AerithAndBob: Sisters Azkadellia and...D[[spoiler:orothy]] G[[spoiler:ale]]?* AffectionateNickname: [[spoiler: In the flashbacks to DG and Azkadellia's happy childhood, Azkadellia was nicknamed 'Az' by her sister and mother]].* AndIMustScream: The iron suit.** Probably [[spoiler: Azkadellia, depending on how aware she was.]]* AnimatedTattoo: The flying monkeys are tattoos on Azkadellia's chest when she's not using them.* AppropriatedAppellation: "Toto" isn't actually the man's name--he just got stuck with it because little DG couldn't pronounce "tutor".* BadassLongcoat: Played straight ''and'' subverted. Cain and Glitch are both actual [[BadassLongcoat Badass Longcoats]]. But, the Witch's henchmen are ''actually called'' Longcoats, since that's what they wear. [[FetishFuel Tight, leather longcoats.]]* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Subverted.]] The witch manages to bring about the permanent night (and even says "I won"), [[spoiler:but the heroes manage to kill her and undo it anyway.]]* BinarySuns: The first "not in Kansas anymore" moment for DG comes when she spots two suns next to each other in the OZ sky. Their proximity to each other is a plot point -- they're scheduled to [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot both slip behind the moon at once]] in just a few days' time.* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Well, more like knocked backwards and out a window, but still...* BrainInAJar: More appropriately, half a brain.* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Azkadellia shows signs of this, particularly post-witching.]]* BrokenHero: Poor Glitch.* BrokenRecord: Glitch picked up that nickname because of his habit of repeating himself uncontrollably, a symptom of having half of his brain removed.* CainAndAbel: Azkadellia and DG. [[spoiler: And then subverted, as Azkadellia is actually possessed.]]* CallARabbitASmeerp: [[TitleDrop "Tin Man"]] is the Outer Zone's term for police officers, presumably because [[PunnyName police badges have historically been made of tin]].* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Dorothy Gale.]]* ChekhovsGag: The first thing Glitch says to Cain in part one: "I have a proper name, and when I remember it I will tell you." [[spoiler: The first thing he says to Cain after he's reunited with his brain in part three? "My name isn't Glitch. It's Ambrose."]]* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]]: The toy horse, the princess nursery rhyme, and Cain's straight razor.* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Glitch* ColdBloodedTorture: Amusing subversion when [[spoiler:Jeb captures Zero and prepares to interrogate him. Jeb gets behind Zero and takes hold of his fingers. The next thing we hear is some ominous metallic clinking. Zero can't see what's happening and starts to panic. Just when Zero is on the verge of crying like a little girl, Jeb reveals that he's been clinking together a pair of spoons]]. * ConvenientEclipse: The eclipse is what's going to allow Azkadellia to cast her spell.* CowardlyLion: Raw. Duh.* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Glitch knows kung fu. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that ''half'' his brain is missing.* DarkerAndEdgier: The series is a D&E version of ... well, The Wizard of Oz. Namely the tropes of the original characters are played much darker here; the Scarecrow analogue has had his brains ''removed'', the Tin Man analogue was locked inside an iron maiden etc.* DemonicPossession: Azkadellia's [[spoiler: not the BigBad because she ''wants'' to be.]] * DoomsdayDevice: Azkadellia plans on [[spoiler:using a device intended to extend the growing seasons in reverse, in order to halt suns behind the moon during an eclipse, casting the world in darkness and allowing the spirit of the Wicked Witch to have full power]].* DownTheRabbitHole: Or into the magical tornado, as it were.* TheDragon: Zero to Azkadellia.* DullSurprise: DG's blase, disaffected manner would make WesternAnimation/{{Daria}} proud.** May actually be a bit of FridgeBrilliance there. She reacts so casually to all the weirdness going on because of her subconscious recollection of her childhood in the OZ.* EarnYourHappyEnding: It doesn't look like The witch is going to be defeated until the last five minutes.* EldritchAbomination: While one would assume that the witch [[spoiler: possessing Azkadellia]] was the original Wicked Witch, the "Ancient writing" in the [[SealedEvilInACan cave]] and her title as "Witch of the Dark" would somewhat imply this.* ElectricTorture: Azkadellia's minions sometimes use electric shocks to get information out of people.* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler: Once Azkadellia is free from the witch's possession, she and DG use their magic to defeat her]].* EmpathicHealer: Raw, in spades.* EnemyWithin: [[spoiler:Azkadellia has the spirit of the ancient Witch of the Dark inside her, influencing most of her actions]].* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Azkadellia seems to genuinely care for her flying monkeys, particularly Xora. [[spoiler:She is devastated when Xora is killed]].* EvenEvilHasStandards: Azkadellia seems to, which is probably [[spoiler:all the influence she can exert on [[DemonicPossession the witch's]] actions]]. She stops Zero from torturing D.G. for information because she wants to first try gently coercing it out of her. When that fails, she lets Zero have his way.-->'''Zero:''' We can pry those numbers out of her.\\'''Azkadellia:''' Zero, she's my sister.* EvilFeelsGood: Take a close look at [[TheModestOrgasm Azkadellia's physical reaction]] right after taking a life with her magic. After killing [[spoiler: the Mystic Man]], she even takes the hand of a guard to steady herself.* FaceHeelTurn: Azkadellia wasn't always TheCaligula she is today.* FaceMonsterTurn: Being [[spoiler: [[DemonicPossession possessed]], [[{{Brainwashing}} brainwashed]] and presumably [[MindRape mind raped]] by [[EldritchAbomination the Witch of the Dark]] is what turned Azkadellia into the villain.]]* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Azkadellia did kill DG while she was possessed by the Witch. Their mother was able to revive DG and sent her away to hide this from Azkadellia]].* FamousAncestor: In an {{homage}} type of way -- [[spoiler:DG is named for her ancestor, Dorothy Gale]].* {{Fanservice}}: Whenever Azkadellia releases the Mobats, there is a closeup of her cleavage.* FantasyKitchenSink: {{Wicked Witch}}es? Check. Demonic possession? Check. Magical eclipses? Check. CyberPunk tools and gadgets? Check.* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: There are a couple of instances where you can see the original Azkadellia coming through, before being suppressed by the Wicked Witch personality.]]* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Well there are only three episodes, but the first ends with the major revelation that [[spoiler: Azkadellia is actually DG's sister]].* FiveManBand: ** TheLeader: DG. As she's the only woman, this also makes her TheChick** TheLancer: Cain, who doubles as TheBigGuy due to having the most battle prowess.** TheSmartGuy: Glitch.** TheHeart: Raw.** SixthRanger: Toto.* ForcedToWatch: Eight years in a magically-charged coffin, with his family's torture on repeat playback for company. HeroicWillpower is the only explanation Cain is anything resembling sane.* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the build up to the arrival of the tornado, the Gales' scarecrow loses his head, a heart-shaped house sign rattles about, and a cat runs off in terror.* FortuneTeller: The Mystic Man functions as this.* FunWithAcronyms:** Averted. TDESPHT-''what?''** Also PlayedStraight with the fantasyland's name. It's called the "O.Z." because it's short for "'''O'''uter '''Z'''one"--which is where the name "Oz" comes from.* GambitRoulette: The Queen's [[spoiler:and Ahamo's]] scheme. The Queen [[spoiler:essentially fakes DG's death, then "banishes" her beloved, Earthling husband so that the Witch won't think to look for him in the OZ. Then, run like hell under the cover of night, block DG's memories with a limited-duration spell that would wear off at early adulthood, and send the little Princess off with the MuggleFosterParents, who have codewords and clues programmed into them, so that she could find a few scattered allies (Father Vu, The Mystic Man, and Ahamo) and messages (the Ice Palace, Finaqua), then find her and/or Ahamo. Where her plot seemed to hit a snag was that she likely planned on being able to hold out against The Witch]] until DG came back. * GenreSavvy: The Mystic Man knows very well that Azkadellia wouldn't put him near D.G. without a few listening devices nearby. So he uses the MathematiciansAnswer.* GentleGiant: Raw.* TheGoodChancellor: Ambrose, Royal adviser to the Queen and loyal to the end.* HighCollarOfDoom: Azkadellia's outfits almost all sport some variation of this.* HijackedByGanon: The conclusion reveals that [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Princess Azkadellia]] is actually [[spoiler:a descendent of [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Dorothy Gale]] who was possessed by the spirit of the original Wicked Witch as a child.]] D.G. [[spoiler:(who's actually Azkadellia's sister) frees her from the Witch's influence in the last episode's final act, and she reverts to her original personality.]]* HollywoodGenetics: While both her father and mother have blue (and purple) eyes, the actress cast for young Azkadellia has brown eyes, which is genetically impossible. ** There is a fan theory that brown-eyed Glitch/Ambrose is DG and Azkadellia's father. Or that Ambrose is Az's father and Ahamo is D.G.'s father, particularly those who are influenced by Literature/{{Wicked}}, where a similar threesome was part of the book's plot.* HopeSpot: DG manages to guide a rat to the control wheel for the cell doors using bits of her food, but it opens the wrong door...** [[SubvertedTrope Releasing a dog that opens her cell door.]] [[DoubleSubversion Who was actually a mole planted by Azkadellia.]]* HotWitch: ** Azkadellia. Yes. ** Averted with [[spoiler:the ''actual'' witch]].* IdentityAmnesia: Glitch. Although occasionally his memory seems to come and go whenever convenient for the plot, to the point where it's not certain how much he actually needs his brain to know stuff.* IdiotBall: The Queen** Young Azkadellia [[spoiler: strangled DG right there in her room]], and the Queen saw her walking out! Instead of wasting all that time hiding DG [[spoiler: after bringing her back to life]], she could've just have apprehended the young Azkadellia right then and there and prevented this whole mess from ever happening.** Why did the Queen [[spoiler:send DG on a quest for the Emerald, effectively leading Azkadellia straight to it? She COULD have kept its location secret until the eclipse was over. Azkadellia's plans would have been foiled, and she never would have been a threat in the first place]].* IHaveNoSon: The Queen tells Azkadellia "You're not my daughter." [[spoiler:Subverted, in that this is actually a case of ThatThingIsNotMyChild as she's really addressing the witch possessing her daughter.]]* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: DG to Azkadellia.* ImprovisedWeapon: A ''log'' that Cain, Glitch, Raw, and three other guys are chained to.* ImMelting: Well, yes. [[spoiler: Once Azkadellia is free from the wicked witch's possession, she dies this way]].* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Azkadellia puts D.G. in a hologram of her Kansas home with the people who raised D.G. to try and get information out of her by making her think it was all a dream. The slip up is when the father asked about the Queen whispering in her ear, which isn't something D.G. said happened.* IntergenerationalFriendship: DG and the guys. Cain and Glitch were both professionals during the reign of DG's mother.* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Cain's grudge against Azkadellia is mostly abstract, but Zero? Yeah, Zero betrayed the Tin Man, tortured Cain's family and locked him in that metal suit for years. Zero is the one Cain wants dead. [[spoiler: In the end, he gives Zero a CruelMercy by locking him in a Tin Suit and leaving him to rot.]] * KnightInSourArmor: Hey, given the crap Cain's been through, he'll wear that sour armor like his BadassLongcoat!* LaResistance: There are still factions fighting against Azkadellia, including Munchkins in TribalFacePaint.* LastRequest: Mystic Man to Cain, "You will not leave her side at ''any'' cost! You understand?"* LeftForDead: Yes, Zero, you shot Cain and he fell out a window into a freezing lake. You still should have checked the body.* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Glitch and Cain. So very much.* LittleBitBeastly: Raw and the other Viewers.* TheLittleDetecto: [[spoiler:Ahamo]] gives DG a device that runs on her magic to find the Emerald of the Eclipse.* LockedIntoStrangeness: Lavender Eyes's hair turned from black to grey after she [[spoiler: revived DG after Azkadellia tried to kill her with her magic]].* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:An illusion of DG's home; it's a trap to make her reveal secrets.]]* ManlyTears: Cain.* MacGuffinDeliveryService : Azkadellia has spent years unsuccessfully searching for the Emerald of the Eclipse, which she needs to bring her plan to plunge the O.Z. into eternal darkness to fruition. Enter DG and friends, who decide that they have to find the Emerald to stop her. Not one of them suggests that they can foil Azkadellia's plot by just sitting down and twiddling their thumbs until the eclipse has passed.* MathematiciansAnswer: The Mystic Man's "Or-Not" theory is this and a means of passing on information by stating, "You should go north. Or not."* MindProbe: The Witch's favorite method of info gathering.* MistakenForSpies: DG gets in trouble this way when she first shows up in the O.Z.* MobileKiosk: Demilo's ungodly tacky whorehouse-on-wheels.* TheMole: [[spoiler: It's Toto]], reluctantly.* MuggleFosterParents: Subverted with DG's aunt and uncle, who turn out to be robots planted to pose as these. * MustMakeAmends: DG is already motivated to take down [[spoiler: her evil sister]], but then sees a vision in a cave [[spoiler: revealing that, as a small child, she accidentally freed the witch possessing Azkadellia; and then abandoned Azkadellia to be possessed by said witch]].* MythologyGag: The series is loaded with them. Many references to the 1939 movie, several to ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', and too many to count for classic books. JustifiedTrope with the books, as it uses a few continuity elements from Baum's Oz in the {{Backstory}}:** D.G. calls her robotic dad "Popsicle" in one scene, just as Galinda does in the musical version of Theatre/{{Wicked}}.** The backstory that [[spoiler:Dorothy moved to Oz for keeps (the 6th book). DG's story is a hybrid of Dorothy's and Tip/Ozma's (sans the genderbender angle)]]. ** They gave Glitch the ''exact'' same job the original Scarecrow took up in the 14th book. [[spoiler:The Witch is closer to [[Literature/{{Wicked}} Greg Maguire's]] depiction of Kumbricia, Mother of Witches, than she is to the "classic" Wicked Witches]].** The depiction of Central City is also straight out of Maguire. The original Wizard was from Omaha, [[spoiler:which is a clue to Ahamo's identity]]. * NiceHat: Cain wears one.* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Azkadellia hadn't sent her mooks back to Earth, D.G. would never have been able to get to the OZ and stop her schemes.* TheNightThatNeverEnds: Azkadellia's scheme hinges on making the [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot double solar eclipse]] permanent.* NonIndicativeName: Despite being titled 'Tin Man', the character who parallels him (Wyatt Cain) is a secondary one. This is a holdover from an early idea where he would be the protagonist. The makers just couldn't think of a better title when their idea changed.* ObiWanMoment: The Mystic Man, before he is [[spoiler: captured, and killed later]].* OfCorsetsPainful: That one bald scientist guy.* OfCorsetsSexy: Most of Azkadellia's outfits.* OmnicidalManiac: Azkadellia's master plan is to destroy the sun over the planet that she already rules, leading one to ask why? Unless she hates being the ruler of such a WretchedHive, or maybe she just wants complete revenge on all life, we'll never know. Her plan comes down to destroying all that she owns. Though remember that [[spoiler: she's [[DemonicPossession not exactly steering her own ship]]. The entity possessing her is The Witch of the Dark, and causing TheNightThatNeverEnds would presumably be its ideal environment. Whether killing every other living thing in the O.Z. was a secondary goal or merely a bi-product isn't clear.]]* ParentalAbandonment: ** But don't worry, she's got replacement robot parents instead!** Also falls under DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou -- they were hiding DG from [[spoiler:her crazy, possessed sister]].* PimpedOutCar: Demilo's wagon, in all its horrible tacky glory.* PimpedOutDress: Most of Azkadellia's wardrobe. She even has a pimped out nightie.* PingPongNaivete: How stupid, forgetful, and naive Glitch is relies solely on RuleOfFunny and moving the plot further. At times he seems to remember a surprising amount of the past, including his own. He ''is'' missing half his brain, so it's probably justified.* PocketProtector: [[spoiler:Cain survives a bullet to the chest because it hit his son's toy horse]].* PowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Sisterly love is what allows the princesses to draw on their light magic]].* PrecisionFStrike: A rather magnificent one, combined with MythologyGag.-->'''Azkadellia:''' My Gods. The little bitch has gone to see the wizard.* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Cain turns out to be completely right to not trust Toto.]]* PrimalFear: [[spoiler:Being trapped in a marble coffin.]]* PurpleEyes: The Queen's best known feature. Even in the ''script,'' they only describe her as "Lavender Eyes."* RedOniBlueOni: A slight Western example. As kids, DG was your typical, kinda impulsive child, while Azkadellia was a more mature voice of reason. They even wore red and blue dresses, respectively.* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler: DG discovers that her own death was faked after her sister tried to murder her]].* ReversePolarity: "Commence the reverse pulsing!"* RevolversAreJustBetter: Cain's weapon of choice, even with the magitek used by Longcoats as an option.* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: General Lonot betrayed the queen in the backstory and is killed by Azkadellia in the beginning.* ScienceFantasy: The series has a lot of cyber punk elements blended with actual magic. The idea is that the land of Oz evolved from the straight-up fantasy land Dorothy arrived in - to a modern blend of magic and technology.* SdrawkcabName: DG's [[spoiler: dad]] is named Ahamo. The original Wizard was from Omaha.* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:The Witch of the Dark, an ancient evil crone sealed away by ancient forces of good]].* SpySpeak[=/=]TrustPassword: Used by Cain with other Resistance members.* TheStoic: Cain.* TailorMadePrison: Azkadellia keeps her mother imprisoned on a tiny sandbar island on a river bed ... inside a snow globe. This also makes her SealedGoodInACan.* TechnoBabble: Glitch, if he can remember.* TinMan: Cain again, of course.* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: A rare double eclipse ([[BinarySuns both suns]] behind the moon at once) is soon to happen in-story. Yep, it is very important -- Azkadellia wants to make it [[TheNightThatNeverEnds permanent]].* TrackingDevice: As TheMole, [[spoiler:Toto]] drops small magic discs along their path of travel that act as cameras for Azkadellia's viewing tank.* TragicMonster: Played with. [[spoiler: After the reveal, you'll feel really sorry for Azkadellia; and hate the witch that much more.]]* TribalFacePaint: The Munchkins' entire bald heads are painted in bright colors.* TheUnFavorite: [[spoiler:Avoided. It's the DemonicPossession of the original WickedWitch that made Azkadellia feel neglected and hate DG. So much so that she had her mother imprisoned, her father made a hunted man, and DG's robot parents reprogrammed to ''love her'' instead.]]* {{Unobtainium}}: Or to be more specific, Moritanium (big M, little t, number 216 on the [=OZian=] periodic table), which besides its strength can be used to conduct magical energy.* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Toto goes from terrier to large man and back at will.* WorthLivingFor: Cain, guarding DG.* YouHaveFailedMe: And so you will ''get the life sucked out of you.''----